Chapter 2 of The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy. "I'm almost starved!" She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone. "Do let's unpack the basket!" "And I must go.
Chapter 2 of The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan is here in full — 239 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading “"Do let's unpack the basket!"”
take in solid food
From this reading “THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.”
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading “She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.”
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
From this reading “THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “"I'm almost starved!"”
walk on one's toes
From this reading “She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.”
-ing form of “twirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading “She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.”
remove from its packing
From this reading “"Do let's unpack the basket!"”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.”
In this reading “"I'm almost starved!"”
In this reading “She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading "I'm almost starved!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And I must go.
a container that is usually woven and has handles
From this reading "Do let's unpack the basket!"
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Do let's unpack the basket!"
take in solid food
From this reading THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "And I must go.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "And I must go.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I'm almost starved!"
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "And I must go.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
From this reading THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading "I'm almost starved!"
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PICNIC "Let's eat!" exclaimed Joy.
walk on one's toes
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
the upper part of anything
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
-ing form of “twirl” — turn in a twisting or spinning motion
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
remove from its packing
From this reading "Do let's unpack the basket!"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was twirling on tiptoe on the top of a flat stone.
Chapter 2 of The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan by Lizette M. (Lizette McCully) Edholm holds 239 sentences, grouped into 48 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 239 sentences of The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Merriweather Girls and the Mystery of the Queen's Fan by Lizette M. (Lizette McCully) Edholm exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 239 sentences, grouped into 48 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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